International Day of Rural Women

En 2007, la Asamblea General de la ONU estableció el 15 de octubre como el Día Internacional de las Mujeres Rurales para reconocer su enorme aporte en el ámbito rural y avanzar en el camino de la igualdad de género en el mismo.

Rural women represent a quarter of the world's population, and their work ensures half of the planet's food supply, making them fundamental to improving food security and combating poverty. Indeed, the UN estimates that if they had the same access to productive resources as men, "agricultural yields could increase by 20 to 30 percent, feeding between 100 and 150 million people."

Además, frecuentemente son las mujeres quienes lideran la lucha contra el cambio climático, llevando adelante prácticas de agricultura sostenible, desarrollando estrategias de resiliencia en sus comunidades y generando iniciativas de reforestación y recuperación. Sin embargo, son también quienes más se ven afectadas por los efectos del cambio climático.

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See also:

Care from rural contexts – InfoCLACSO of December 14, 2023

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Recovery with gender equality and climate justice

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State of the art on care in rural contexts in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Rural perspectives on multiple crises and diverse alternatives in Latin America

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Policies and Lines of Action (PLA)

Reflections and proposals for research with women from indigenous and rural communities from a feminist and intersectional perspective

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A Bet on Life: Resilience Mechanisms of the Central Indigenous Tacana Women (CIMTA) in the Face of Extractive Expansion and the Dispossession of Their Habitat

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Good living for indigenous women in the Colombian Amazon

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CLACSO Working Groups

• Agricultural work, inequalities and rural life
• Critical studies of rural development
• Bodies, territories and feminisms
• Ruralities and political transitions in Central America and Colombia
• Political Agroecology

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